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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Spana on June 02, 2010, 16:50

Title: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 02, 2010, 16:50: Found an opened foil packet in the bottom of my seed bag, no name or number on the packet. I recognise the seed but cant put a name to it and its driving my bonkers :wacko:

Can anyone put my out of my misery and give it a name. :D

Thats a 1p in the picture for scale.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/30tnhg6.jpg)

Thanks
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Trillium on June 02, 2010, 19:25: I've used that seed before but I can't think what it is either, other than it's a flower. Sorry.
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 02, 2010, 19:30: From the back of the mind I've dragged Lavatera, what do you think Trillium? :unsure:

If anyone has a packet would you have a look and see if the seed looks like little doughnuts :lol:

Thanks
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: DavidT on June 02, 2010, 19:52: Tut, it`s obviously the money plant. :lol: :lol: :lol: :tongue2:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 02, 2010, 19:54: Quote from: DavidT on June 02, 2010, 19:52
Tut, it`s obviously the money plant. :lol: :lol: :lol: :tongue2:

Stupid boy ;) :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 02, 2010, 19:56: There was I thinking -ooooh David's replied- he'll know ::)

It's got me going mad trying to remember what it is as well. I know I've grown it and I'm almost sure it's a hardy annual, but me brains gone blank...........no change there then :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: DavidT on June 02, 2010, 19:59: Sweet Pea. :D
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 02, 2010, 20:01: You're not helping you know ::) :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 02, 2010, 20:08: right I've checked packets it's not lavatera, or cosmos or wallflower or dahlia, or penstemon or nicotine, or honesty or foxglove :(

so not much help really sorry....I tried ::)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: DavidT on June 02, 2010, 20:10: As I said, it`s Sweet Pea. ::)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 02, 2010, 20:56: 'snot sweet pea silly :tongue2:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 02, 2010, 21:06: Could be totally off on a tangent here, but is it Californian Poppy?
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: DavidT on June 02, 2010, 21:14: Quote from: mumofstig on June 02, 2010, 20:56
'snot sweet pea silly :tongue2:

Then what is it?
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Trillium on June 02, 2010, 21:21: I don't have any on hand but is it musk mallow?
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: DavidT on June 02, 2010, 21:25: Quote from: Trillium on June 02, 2010, 21:21
I don't have any on hand but is it musk mallow?

Lavatera family?
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 02, 2010, 21:35: So do you recon it is Lavatera. Years ago I grow Silver Cup -dont know if you can still get it - it was pink. Its so annoying :blink: I'll pot up the seed but it must be soooo old i doubt it will germinate ::)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 02, 2010, 22:11: it's not lavatera!!! :lol:
I tipped the seed out of the pkt and they ain't like that...honest......unless that is a complete seed head?
individual Lavatera seeds are small and not unlike a cabbage seed.....that sort of size ::)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: sunshineband on June 02, 2010, 22:27: Is it pot marigold? I seem to remember the seeds curl right round like that :unsure:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 02, 2010, 22:29: no it's not marigold, they have a sort of 'feather' attached :unsure:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Jamie Butterworth on June 02, 2010, 22:51: Theres only one way to fiind out, try growing it ;)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: sclarke624 on June 02, 2010, 23:06: By pot marigold do you mean calendula. It does look a bit like that except calendula is paler and they are semi circles.................ermm! not really like it at all then LOL. I must admit though thats the first one that came to my mind. But I'm sure its not.
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Trillium on June 03, 2010, 03:45: No, I just planted calendula and the seeds aren't like that at all.

Musk mallow is actually part of the hibiscus family, and is sometimes known as Malva moschata. Here's a pic of the seeds, close but not quite I think:

http://www.art.com/products/p360796394-sa-i4009343/solvin-zankl-musk-mallow-seeds.htm
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 08:15: Quote from: mumofstig on June 02, 2010, 22:11
it's not lavatera!!! :lol:
::)

Sorry mos, I had read your post but was clutching at straws :wub: :D

I wonder if I email a pic to T&M if they would id it.
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: diggerjoe on June 03, 2010, 08:57: Nasturtion?? if I wasnt at work could nip up the greennhouse and have a look.
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 09:07: No, they're biggish and wrinkly ::)

How annoying not knowing(http://planetsmilies.net/confused-smiley-17432.gif) (http://planetsmilies.net)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 03, 2010, 19:56: I'm still thinking Californian Poppy, but this is the clearest piccie I can find and I just dunno :unsure:

(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/seedfrut.jpg)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 20:04: Lovely photo New Shoot :)

But they look more like balls, mine are like doughnuts ::) :D
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 03, 2010, 20:11: Yeah I know ::) This is driving me mad cos I know I've grown them and I just can't remember what they are :tongue2:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 20:49: Yeh, i'm sure I will know as soon as someone says the right name :blink:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 21:49: What about Thunbergia, blackeyed susan. Or Rudbeckia :unsure:

Anyone got a packet of them about to check against. We're looking for doughnuts :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 03, 2010, 22:02: no packets but found images on Google..........not them either :unsure:

This is sooo much fun NOT
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 22:07: Quote from: mumofstig on June 03, 2010, 22:02
This is sooo much fun NOT

:lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Casey76 on June 03, 2010, 22:08: Looks like thunbergia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunbergia_alata
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 22:12: It does Casey. 8)

How have you and mos found pictures of the seed. Ive been sat here for the last hour trying to find one and just kept getting pictures of the flowers :wub:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 03, 2010, 22:13: good find....and completely different to the image I found :ohmy: :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Casey76 on June 03, 2010, 22:15: Well I don't suppose you can 100% trust Wiki lol!
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 03, 2010, 22:20: Well thanks to everyone for their help, especially Casey and mos, I will sleep tonight. :D
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 04, 2010, 21:24: You're gonna hate me Spanna but that link Casey posted says the seed is 4mm in diameter. Your piccie of them next to a 1p looks like they are way smaller than that.......................I'll get my coat now :unsure:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 04, 2010, 21:35: OH NO. (http://planetsmilies.net/afraid-smiley-9553.gif) (http://planetsmilies.net) Do you think we haven't found it. I cant bare it , i'm going to pot them up and forget about them(http://planetsmilies.net/sad-smiley-384.gif) (http://planetsmilies.net)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 04, 2010, 22:07: If you're gonna cry Spana at least do it over a pot, shame to waste the moisture :lol:

and I've gone right off that Newshoot person...hmph
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 05, 2010, 08:02: (http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Emoticons/4_18_51.gif)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 05, 2010, 09:22: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The strange thing is, its such a distinctive seed that several people recognise it and say they have grown it but none of us can put a name to it. :wub:

It must be something quite ordinary as i don't grow anything difficult :wub:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: spottymint on June 05, 2010, 14:42: Hi

I'm with casey on Thumbergia.

I have grown them & my seeds look like that.

Will take picture & post. :)

Here the link to my Photobucket link and Thumbergia seed pictures.

http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm265/spottymint/Thumbergia%20Susie%20Mix/

Click to enlarge picture.
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: New shoot on June 05, 2010, 18:15: I reckon you be right ! Those seeds are a definate looky likey and the same size as Spana's original pic :D
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 05, 2010, 18:25: hurrah! finally sorted :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 06, 2010, 10:23: Blimey, :ohmy:Thats my seeds :lol: :lol: :lol:

They've even got a 1p in the pic, i cant believe that :ohmy: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: iggyboy on June 07, 2010, 17:30: It looks like a Malva to me! :)
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: Spana on June 07, 2010, 17:49: Quote from: iggyboy on June 07, 2010, 17:30
It looks like a Malva to me! :)

Now stop that ;) We have decided its black eyed susan. :wub:

I've potted them up so if they germinate and turn out to Malva I'll get back to you :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: mumofstig on June 07, 2010, 18:32: malva seed pods look like donuts ...............look here (http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Malva/galleryM.html) (bit lower down the page) but the individual seeds deffo do not.
Is this finally sorted .............please say yes ..................I can take no more :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: help with seed id
Post by: iggyboy on June 07, 2010, 18:46: yep,okay its not Malva 8) satisfied with your more than convincing info :D Wont be mentioned again.....at least not by me :nowink: